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October, 2014 News
- 10-31-14 Bethesda Magazine: Federal Realty to Begin Phase Two Development of Pike & Rose -- More than 30 stores, 104 condos, a new hotel and 264 more apartments planned
- 10-31-14 Bethesda Magazine: Brookfield Pitches Building with Retail to Reinvigorate Bethesda Metro Center -- alleyways would lead visitors into an open park in preliminary plan
- 10-31-14 Federal Times: Hagel says congressional partnership key to future BRAC round
- 10-31-14 USA TODAY: Suicide surpassed war as the military's leading cause of death
- 10-31-14 Chemical & Engineering News: Federal Government Conducts Clinical Trials Of Ebola Vaccine And Approves More Diagnostics -- Agencies push advances to fight, detect deadly disease
- 10-30-14 Gazette.Net: Bethesda landowners share visions for downtown -- Forum features ideas for plazas, other community meeting places
- 10-30-14 Bethesda Magazine: All Aboard -- After 30 years of planning and years of political bickering, the Purple Line is finally scheduled to break ground. The cost has ballooned and the argument for building it has morphed from relieving traffic to fostering community and economic development
- 10-30-14 Marine Corps Times: U.S. military to train more Ebola response teams
- 10-30-14 Baltimore Business Journal: Baltimore, Bethesda rate high for veteran job prospects -- USAA and the U.S. Chamber of Commerce commissioned a list of best cities for military career transition
- 10-29-14 Bethesda Magazine: Proposed Station Redevelopment -- Shows how a proposed residential building and renovated fire station would appear in surrounding neighborhood
- 10-29-14 Bethesda Magazine: Euro Motorcars Considering Redevelopment at Bethesda Site -- Architect said dealership is considering a new franchise or residential building at the site
- 10-28-14 Bethesda Now: At Long Last, Suburban Hospital Breaks Ground On Expansion Project
- 10-29-14 Gazette.Net: Purple Line Community Compact brainstorming underway -- Silver Spring meeting attracts residents, groups affected by planned light rail
- 10-28-14 Bethesda Magazine: 10 Things to Know About the Bethesda Downtown Plan -- Ideas and information related to the long-term plan that will guide development in Bethesda
- 10-27-14 Bethesda Now: Downtown Bethesda Developer Now Looking To Build Residential
- 10-27-14 Maryland Capital Gazette: $30 million to go toward widening of Route 175 -- State and federal officials announced Monday an additional $30 million in funding to widen Route 175 – enough to start construction by 2016
- 10-26-14 WTOP 103.5 FM: Purple Line: How to grow without leaving folks behind
- 10-24-14 Washington Business Journal: Walter Reed redevelopment threatened by State's response to Children's National play, D.C. Mayor Gray says
- 10-24-14 Gazette.Net: Montgomery to create plan for snow removal from sidewalks -- Riemer: the goal is to make the county more walkable in every season
- 10-24-14 Gazette.Net: Potential Ebola vaccines tested in Silver Spring, Bethesda -- NIH releases nurse who acquired Ebola, officials say she is free of virus
- 10-24-14 The Hill: Pentagon weighs new construction standards for military hospitals
- 10-24 14 Bethesda Now: New Downtown Bethesda Map Shows What Some Property Owners Are Thinking
- 10-24-14 Montgomery County Government: Leggett, StonebridgeCarras and Bozzuto Announce Agreement for Redevelopment of Downtown Wheaton; More than One Million Square Feet of Mixed Use Projects Will Reshape Wheaton Triangle and M-NCPPC Site in Silver Spring
- 10-23-14 Gazette.Net: Online forum, map to highlight Bethesda development -- Property owners to share ideas for future of downtown
- 10-23 14 Bethesda Now: New Renderings From Suburban Hospital’s Expansion Plan
- 10-23-14 Montgomery County Government: Leggett Hails News of County’s Triple-A Bond Rating; County Among Best in Nation for Fiscal Responsibility
- 10-23-14 Naval Support Activity Bethesda Journal: NSAB Access Control Changes Begins Nov. 1
- 10-23-14 Bethesda Now: MoCo Installing Cycle Track In North Bethesda/White Flint
- 10-22-14 Bethesda Now: Dance Academy Planned For Bethesda Park Building
- 10-22-14 National Institutes of Health: NIH begins early human clinical trial of VSV Ebola vaccine
- 10-22-14 Gazette.Net: County forming seven advisory groups for input on rapid transit corridors
- 10-22-14 Frederick News-Post: Fort Detrick's commander wants to connect with county
- 10-22-14 Bethesda Magazine: Carroll County Wants Nothing to Do with Mass Transit System that Could Connect it to Montgomery -- Commissioner says mass transit system can act as a conduit for crime
- 10-22-14 Maryland Capital Gazette: Tour and Taste highlights West County development, restaurants
- 10-22-14 Association of Defense Communities: Pentagon Likely to Conduct Study of Excess Capacity
- 10-21-14 Bethesda Now: Bethesda Urban Partnership (BUP) Releases App To Locate Bethesda Circulator Buses
- 10-21-14 Gazette.Net: Cybersecurity center could draw hundreds of companies to Montgomery
- 10-21-14 Washington Business Journal: Dealing with the Fort Belvoir boom: On-post employment expected to soar by 2030 -- The U.S. Army is finishing up a total revision of the 1993 Fort Belvoir Master Plan. Growth on the Fairfax County Army base is expected to explode over the next 30 years, deeply affecting life on and off the base.
- 10-21-14 Washington Business Journal: Armed Forces Retirement Home aims to have development team in place by summer '15
- 10-17-14 U.S. Department of Defense: Building the Navy’s portion of the Cyber Mission Force
- 10-16-14 Gazette.Net: No new name yet for White Flint -- Online directory of businesses expected to launch next month
- 10-16-14 Gazette.Net: Montgomery judge won’t stop Pepco tree cutting -- Judge denies request to prevent utility cutting down trees on private properties in Potomac
- 10-16-14 Fort Belvoir Eagle: New fire station will resemble historic district, meet new requirements
- 10-16-14 Washington Post: The government cut a valuable report on federal spending on states. Now two think tanks are trying to recreate it -- The CFFR proved useful in analyzing the local impact of the military’s recent Base Realignment and Closure decisions....
- 10-15-14 Bethesda Magazine: Hoffman Stepping Down as Friends of White Flint Executive Director -- Says she will begin a new job in December
- 10-15-14 National Defense Industrial Association: Army Industrial Base Said to Be in 'Death Spiral'
- 10-15-14 New York Times: The Secret Casualties of Iraq’s Abandoned Chemical Weapons
- 10-15-14 Gazette.Net: Montgomery County Council considers contentious White Flint intersection plans -- If agencies don’t rework plans, council is prepared to act, Berliner says
- 10-14-14 Gazette.Net: New approach sought to training work force in Montgomery County -- Group sees gap in 20 years between jobs and skilled workers
- 10-14-14 Bethesda Now: Bethesda Metro Riders Could Help Test New Fare Technology
- 10-14-14 Bethesda Now: New Intersection Coming To Arlington Road
- 10-14-14 Bethesda Now: Planners Want To Show What Changes Might Be Coming To Bethesda
- 10-14-14 Bethesda Now: Bethesda’s Sacks Neighborhood Again Contemplates Its Future
- 10-13-14 Gazette.Net: Officials: Cooperation needed to meet cyber jobs’ demands -- Some 3,500 openings in the field in county, group says
- 10-13-14 Lakewood (WA) Suburban Times: JBLM (Joint Base Lewis-McChord) overpass construction enters third phase
- 10-13-14 Bethesda Now: Construction Set To Start Soon At Controversial Grosvenor Heights
- 10-13-14 Washington Post: Capital Business -- Washington wants to become a hub for cybersecurity companies. Can it be done? -- Montgomery County will be home to the first federally funded research and development center focused solely on advancing cybersecurity technology
- 10-11-14 Montgomery Community Media: Shades of Green: Free Trees Program
- 10-11-14 Frederick News-Post: Fort Detrick Alliance to host tech showcase
- 10-11-14 WTOP 103.5 FM: (AUDIO REPORT) Solutions are on the way but slowly to ease Ft. Belvoir traffic
- 10-11-14 Baltimore Sun/Harford Aegis: Towson University class building at Harford Community College celebrated
- 10-10-14 Washington Post: Metro warns of major weekend Red Line station closures in 2016
- 10-10-14 Bethesda Now: Chevy Chase Land Company Names New President, CEO
- 10-10-14 Gazette.Net: ICC environmental mitigation projects completed in Silver Spring
- 10-10-14 Baltimore Sun: September area home sales hit post-crash high
- 10-9-14 Bethesda Now: Bethesda Man Named Finalist For ‘CNN Hero Of The Year’
- 10-9-14 Washington Business Journal: Teaching old offices a new trick: Education
- 10-9-14 Washington Post: Montgomery to test using public buses for private schools, aiming to reduce traffic
- 10-9-14 Yahoo! News: How a Double-Amputee War Vet Landed On The Cover of Men's Health
- 10-8-14 CNN: Ebola drugs are in the works
- 10-8-14 Bethesda Magazine: Parks Director: Urban Parks are a Priority -- Newly installed parks director says focus now is on adding parks to Bethesda
- 10-8-14 Washington Post: Proposed reduction of developer costs in Montgomery County angers civic groups
- 10-8-14 Gazette.Net: CASA de Maryland organizing meeting for those affected by Purple Line route -- Residents, businesses invited to share thoughts, worries
- 10-7-14 Gazette.Net: Rockville could see more bike lanes -- Panel says dedicated and shared areas are coming
- 10-7-14 Gazette.Net: Montgomery County to host workshops on downtown Silver Spring -- Sessions focus on areas around transit center, Ripley Street
- 10-7-14 WTOP 103.5 FM: Fort Belvoir has a hand in Ebola response
- 10-7-14 Bethesda Now: MoCo Looking For Residents, Business Owners To Plan Rapid Transit
- 10-7-14 Bethesda Magazine: Planners Looking to Recommend Tapered Buildings for Chevy Chase Buffer -- Town says it’s beginning a campaign to protect buffer areas between downtown Bethesda
- 10-7-14 Bethesda Magazine: Fani-Gonzalez Named To Planning Board After Behind The Scenes Jockeying -- Appointment makes her first Hispanic-American member of key local agency
- 10-6-14 WRC/NBC4 TV: (VIDEO REPORT) Metro May Have to Close Bethesda Station Periodically During Escalator Replacement
- 10-6-14 Western Journalism: (VIDEO REPORT) Watch: Army Vet Makes Packed Baseball Stadium Go Wild With The Craziest First Pitch Ever -- "That's the best one ever..."
- 10-6-14 Bethesda Now: Bicycle Advocates Want Off-Road Wisconsin Avenue Crossing Restored
- 10-6-14 Bethesda Magazine: Statistics Show Shift in Citations of Drivers, Pedestrians for Crosswalk Violations -- Ninety-six percent of citations were issued to pedestrians in 2011 and 2012; focus shifted to a more balanced enforcement strategy in 2013
- 10-3-14 Bethesda Now: Next Cycle Track Could Be Coming To Woodmont Avenue
- 10-3-14 Washington Post: U.S. military force fighting Ebola virus could grow to 4,000 troops -- Aberdeen Proving Ground in Maryland also will send forces as part of the Army’s 3,200-soldier deployment
- 10-3-14 WTOP 103.5 FM: In Montgomery County, the sidewalks can have traffic problems, too
- 10-3-14 Baltimore Sun/Harford Aegis: Four Aberdeen area schools to share $1.2 million STEM grant
- 10-2-14 Naval Support Activity-Bethesda Journal: NSAB Exchange Pharmacy Converting to Full Service
- 10-2-14 Bethesda Now: Leggett Says He Also Wants More Pedestrian Friendly White Flint
- 10-2-14 Gazette.Net: Gaithersburg residents angry over bus rapid transit plans -- Concerns include safety, traffic, noise and greenery
- 10-2-14 New York Times: U.S. Military Hospitals Are Ordered to Improve Care, Access and Safety
- 10-2-14 Bethesda Now: Bethesda Sidewalk Closures Irk Councilmembers
- 10-1-14 Washington Business Journal: How Children's National Medical Center says it would use the Walter Reed space
- 10-1-14 Maryland Capital Gazette: Cyber Command looks to fill 6,000 jobs -- Deputy commander tells Fort Meade Alliance his goal is to coordinate response to cyber attacks
- 10-1-14 Bethesda Magazine: State: ‘Brief’ Window Remains On Possible Apex Building Deal For Purple Line Station -- Agreement reached for ‘Compact’ to address economic issues in light rail corridor
- 10-1-14 Gazette.Net: Rockville Pike plan draws fire -- But few speak at hearing on Rockville’s main drag
- 10-1-14 Gazette.Net: EYA townhouses in Bethesda near completion
- 10-1-14 Bethesda Now: Say Goodbye To Air Rights, Hello To Bethesda Crossing
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